The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Contemporary Folk Album Chart
for the Week of Oct 17, 2020
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | World on the Ground | Sarah Jarosz | Rounder |
| ▲ | 2 | 3 | Have Purpose Live Long | Josie Bello | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 3 | 2 | Ghost Tattoo | Kristen Grainger & True North | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 4 | 9 | Another Sky | Kelly's Lot | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 5 | 8 | Funeral for My Past | Liz Longley | Tone Tree |
| ▲ | 6 | 11 | Hearts Town | The War and Treaty | Rounder |
| ▼ | 7 | 6 | No Time for Love Songs | The Mastersons | Compass |
| ▲ | 8 | 22 | Over That Road I'm Bound | Joachim Cooder | Nonesuch |
| ▼ | 9 | 7 | 2020 | Eliza Gilkyson | Red House |
| ▲ | 10 | 25 | Ghost Town | Suzi Ragsdale | Self-Release |
| *NEW* | 11 | - | Woman in Color | Raye Zaragoza | Art Menius |
| ▲ | 12 | 20 | What a Show | Kerry Patrick Clark | Studio 234 |
| ▼ | 13 | 4 | No Summer | Cinder Well | Free Dirt |
| - | 14 | 14 | The Remains of Sunday | Alec Lytle & Them Rounders | Four Acre |
| ▲ | 15 | 33 | Ashes in the Morning | Ken Dunn | Trespass Music |
| ▼ | 16 | 15 | San Isabel | Jamestown Revival | Thirty Tigers |
| ▼ | 17 | 5 | The Balladeer | Lori McKenna | Thirty Tigers |
| ▼ | 18 | 13 | Where the Heart Wants to Go | Buffalo Gals Band | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 19 | 16 | Flyover Country | Chicago Farmer | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 20 | 30 | Homegrown | Neil Young | Silver Bow |
| ▲ | 21 | 24 | Stumbling Home | The Sea The Sea | Antifragile Music |
| ▲ | 22 | 39 | Is It You, is It Me | The Dustbowl Revival | Thirty Tigers |
| ▼ | 23 | 17 | We'll Never Know Unless We Try | Darling West | Jansen |
| ▼ | 24 | 19 | Evening Machines | Gregory Alan Isakov | Dualtone |
| ▼ | 25 | 21 | Look Long | Indigo Girls | Rounder |
| ▼ | 26 | 12 | Blue on Blue | Sylvie Simmons | Compass |
| ▲ | 27 | 48 | Do, Baby. | Eric Selby | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 28 | 26 | Alone Together Sessions | Hayes Carll | Dualtone |
| *NEW* | 29 | - | Pretty Free | Justin Farren | Self-Release |
| *NEW* | 30 | - | Red, White & I Love You Too | The Mastersons | Red House |
| ▲ | 31 | 34 | Hubble Space Parade | Giriffin Swank | Infirst |
| ▲ | 32 | 51 | Alone | Mean Mary | WoodRock |
| ▲ | 33 | 35 | Pass It on Down | Linda Sussman | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 34 | 40 | The Ridge | Julian Taylor | Howling Turtle |
| ▼ | 35 | 10 | Bravado | Rose Cousins | Outside Music |
| ▲ | 36 | 44 | Art of Motion | Andy McKee | Candy Rat |
| ▼ | 37 | 28 | Calm in the Eye of the Storm | Ken Whiteley | Borealis |
| ▼ | 38 | 29 | Western Sun | Nell & Jim Band | Whippoorwill Arts |
| ▲ | 39 | 46 | Down the Way | Angus & Julia Stone | Nettwerk |
| ▲ | 40 | 49 | Through the Deep, Dark Valley | The Oh Hellos | Elektra |
| ▼ | 41 | 27 | This Storm | Tara MacLean & Catherine MacLellan | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 42 | 41 | The Tree of Forgiveness | John Prine | Oh Boy |
| ▼ | 43 | 31 | Dirty Mansions | Corin Raymond | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 44 | 36 | Mike O'Brien | Mike O'Brien | Chouchou |
| ▼ | 45 | 37 | Noise | The Pairs | Independent |
| ▼ | 46 | 32 | Bull Frogs Croon (And Other Songs) | Aoife O'Donovan | Yep Roc |
| ▲ | 47 | 61 | Bright Morning Stars | The Wailin' Jennys | High Romance |
| ▲ | 48 | 54 | A Small Death | Samantha Crain | Ramseur |
| ▲ | 49 | 53 | Flowers for You | Sawyer Fredericks | Windrake |
| ▼ | 50 | 38 | Love and Leave You | 100 Mile House | Fallen Tree |
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